I have visited your forum on many occasions, but never posted myself. I read the information on the recent 16 pedophile settlements made by the Watchtower. I wasn't sure if I should tell my JW mother or not. Well, today I decided to call her and tell her. She is well aware that the Watchtower was having a problem with pedophile lawsuits and mishandled cases. Well, if anything she saw it as a positive that the Watchtower is willing to settle these cases. She feels that they are being cleansed by Jehovah. In the end, the conversation turned to a personal attack on me and my life and how I do not pray with my children in her presence and how she feels I do not teach them the Bible. I became defensive and tried to defend myself as a person and a mother. She hung up on me.
After thinking about it, I realized this is ridiculous. I have done nothing wrong. Why should my telling her of these pedophile cases result in a personal attack on me? Why do Witnesses always turn negative information about the Watchtower into a personal attack on the one telling them the facts?
The funny thing is, next week I am invited to a luncheon to honor the parents most involved with their children during the school year. I had more volunteer hours than any other parent in the school. It is nice to have this recognition from "wordly" people since I'm certainly not going to get from my Witness family.